

It has an overall Very Positive rating on Steam. It is an amazing value at just $4.99, and is a great dark game to play for Halloween. It is very similar to Phasmophobia, but instead of steadily rising action, Devour cranks up the pressure fast, and rapidly intensifies as the game goes on. After unwittingly summoning demons, you must find a way to unsummon them. You and your team of fellow cultists must deal with the results of your cult’s success. GTFO retails for $34.99 and has an overall Very Positive rating on Steam.ĭevour is a co-op horror survival game that will send your blood pressure through the roof. I did receive keys from the developer for this game. There are no saves, and ammo and gear is limited. GTFO is a very hardcore experience with some survival elements. The only problem is that you can’t make any noise, because once you do, every single strange mutated creature within earshot will descend on you. You and your team must complete missions for the mysterious “warden”. The game atmosphere is something like Alien with dim lighting and horrors around every corner. One of the more intense games on my list, GTFO is a very dark tactical shooter. It retails for $39.99 and has an overall Very Positive rating on Steam. Gunplay is slower and more deliberate, making it more interesting than your regular spray and pray shooter. It’s dark late 1800s setting gives it a different flavor as well, with multiple maps that have been ravaged by the monsters you are hunting down, giving it an absolutely grisly environment. Those players can venture in to take advantage of the distraction, or set up to ambush you when you head for the extract.

The larger monsters will challenge you with different mechanics as you try to exploit their particular weakness, all while dealing with other players possibly lurking outside. Smaller monsters will distract you at all the worst moments, alerting the other teams to your location. Pitting teams of 2, 3, or even solo, not just against each other, but also against horrific monsters that will test your ability to multitask.

The last battle royale standing for me, Hunt Showdown takes a different enough approach to the oversaturated genre. Below I’m going to share my favorite dark games on Steam, and try to explain a little about why they appeal to me so much. There’s just something about the gravity of the story or the intensity of the environments that appeals to me. The last several years I’ve found myself playing darker and darker games, and there are several that have really left an impression on me. Halloween is my second favorite holiday, so I like celebrating by playing dark games during each stream for October.
